Spen Valley Greenway

so last night our second recci out was to The Spen Valley Greenway… The area we covered consisted of a small series of tunnels and bridges… during my childhood this was my playground and I spent many hours here, the largest tunnel always had a strange feeling to it… Team also took a look at […]

Walton Colliery Disaster

Well I haven’t blogged for a while so hello everyone…. As a group of investigators we decided to investigate the area of the 1959 Walton Colliery Disaster…. We generally don’t investigate events which are so recent out of respect for the people that lost their lives and also for the families they left behind.. We […]

Private House Investigation, Bradford

We had been asked to investigate a family home in the Bradford area, which over the years had had some strange goings on….. We asked our friends from S.W.Y.P.T to join us to find out what was going on… The household consisted of mum and dad and they have a 16 year old son and […]

Vicars Croft Burial Ground Wakefield

Situated in the heart of the city, Vicars Croft Burial Ground was situated between Westmoreland Street, The Springs and Zetland Street, with The Vicarage itself adjacent. The burial ground was surrounded by a high stone wall. Opened in 1747 Vicars Croft was one of the primary burial grounds for the surrounding areas. By the late […]

Dudfleet Mills, Horbury

First records of a mill on the site date back to circa 1795, where the mill was owned by John Race & Co and was known locally as Race’s Mill. The mill began life as a water wheel mill pulling the water from the adjacent river Calder, later the mill was transformed into a steam […]

Lucy’s Bridge, The return

we revisited Lucy’s bridge last night. our team consisted of Anthony, Kerrie, Ellen and Wenda. We also met Margaret and Richard Pearson who live nearby. We had an initial walk around the area and started on Lucy’s bridge exploring the bridge and surrounding area. We went down the Horbury end and went down by the […]

Thornes Park and the Secret Garden…..

We started our evening investigating The Secret Garden housed within Thornes Park. Within the garden is housed some beautiful old relics from Wakefield’s yesteryear. These include the original frontage from St Mary’s Chantry Chapel, One of the original spires from Wakefield Catherdral and also the Pillars from Wakefields very own market cross. We started with […]

Lucy’s bridge

Lucy’s Bridge spans across The River Calder at Horbury, it’s a iron enclosed pedestrian bridge with a train track on top… Our second investigation of the night, we entered from Broadcut Road and and soon discovered how eerie the bridge was… Urban legand goes that if you are on the bridge and say Lucy 3 […]

Broadcut Canal

We originally went to investigate Lucy’s bridge but in trying to find information about Lucy we came across some tragedies that had occured at Broadcut Canal. Little Lily Renton was only 4 when she had been playing with the other children on the canal side, Lily’s mum Ann called her in and in doing so […]

Wakefield Witches

The most famous Yorkshire witch is undoubtedly Mother Shipton, who was born in a cave in Knarsborough during a thunderstorm in 1488. Wakefield has also had its fair share of witches, with the most notable being the story of old Margaret Morton of the sleepy little hamlet of Kirkthorpe. On the 10th January 1650 Margaret […]